Grace Jones was born on May 19, 1948. She is a Jamaican American singer, model, and actress.

Biography and Career

Grace Jones was born in Jamaica. She is a daughter of Marjorie and Robert W. Jones, who was a politician and Apostolic clergyman. In 1965, her parents relocate to Syracuse, New York. Jones studied theater at Onondaga Community College.

In 1977, Jones first album, Portfolio was released, then Fame in 1978 and Muse in 1979. These albums generated considerable success in that market.

These albums consisted of pop melodies set to a disco beat, such as All on a Summer's Night, On Your Knees and Do or Die and standards such as, What I Did for Love from musical A Chorus Line, Jacques Prévert's Autumn Leaves, Send in the Clowns, from Stephen Sondheim's A Little Ni ght Music and Edith Piaf's signature tune La vie en rose.

In 1981 and 1982 Jones toured the UK, Continental Europe, Scandinavia and the US with her One Man Show, a performance art/pop theatre presentation devised by Jean-Paul Goude and Jones herself, in which she performed tracks from the albums Portfolio, Warm Leatherette and Nightclubbing.

Grace Jones collaborated with the avant garde poet Brigitte Fontaine in a duet named Soufi from Fontaine's latest work released in the fall of 2009.
In the 1973 film Gordon's War, Jones played the role of Mary. In 1985, she played the role of May Day James Bond movie A View to a Kill.

Jones appeared in a number of other motion pictures including the 1986 vampire film Vamp. In 2001, she appeared alongside Tim Curry in Wolf Girl.

Jones is a three-time Saturn Award nominee, a Grammy nominee, a Razzie Award nominee, and a Q Awards Winner. Jones also ranked 82 on VH1's '100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll.

General Appearance

Birth Name: Grace Jones
Birth: May 19, 1948

Why do we like Grace Jones?

We like her because of her acting and singing..

Why is Grace Jones Famous?

She is famous because of her great work as an actress and singer.

Grace Jones Lists

	1948 births
	1980s singers
	1990s singers
	2000s singers
	2010s singers
	Living people
	American contraltos
	American disco musicians
	American female models
	American female singers
	American house musicians
	American pop singers
	American singer-songwriters
	Disco musicians
	English-language singers
	Female new wave singers
	French-language singers
	American people of Jamaican descent
	Jamaican female models
	Jamaican female singers
	Jamaican immigrants to the United States
	People from Saint Catherine Parish
	People from Syracuse, New York
	ZTT Records artists

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Grace Jones Pictures

 

Grace Jones Movies
Deadly Vengeance Conan the Destroyer A View to a Kill Vamp Siesta Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol Boomerang Cyber Bandits Chelsea on the Rocks Ebony/Jet Showcase Pee-wee`s Playhouse Christmas Retrosexual---The `80s Mccinsey`s Island Gordon`s War
Grace Jones Filmography

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Category: Actresses  - ( Actresses Archive)

Date Added: 25 March '10

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